All games were drawn in round 4 at the 2011 Tal Memorial. Therefore, the standings remain the same.
Standings after 4 rounds
| 1-4. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2802 | 2½ |
| 1-4. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2730 | 2½ |
| 1-4. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 2½ |
| 1-4. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2763 | 2½ |
| 5-7. | Anand, Vishy | g | IND | 2811 | 2 |
| 5-7. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2775 | 2 |
| 5-7. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2755 | 2 |
| 8-9. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2800 | 1½ |
| 8-9. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2758 | 1½ |
| 10. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2744 | 1 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura will win his final 5 games.
Interesting to think what would be Naka’s perf w/o Gary’s Input..